Surrey Heartlands CCG, which is overseeing the rollout of the vaccinnation programme in our area, has issued an update.

The country is currently in phase one of the vaccination programme, focusing on vaccinating those who are currently eligible.

Phase one has seen staff working through the priority groups one to nine and aims to finish in mid-April.

Phase two will include people aged 40 to 49 who are at highest risk of hospitalisation, with the risk reducing the younger you are.

Prioritisation will continue in the following order, once all at-risk groups in phase one have been offered at least one dose of the vaccine:

all those aged 40 to 49 years

all those aged 18 to 29 years.

The committee agreed that mass vaccination targeting occupational groups would be more complex to deliver and may slow down the vaccine programme, leaving some more vulnerable people at higher risk of not being vaccinated for longer.

In the meantime, people are being asked not to contact the NHS to ask for a vaccination appointment: you will be contacted when it is your turn.